Woman's day edition - Saturday 8th @ 19.00

In honor of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month CounterCulture presents a showcase of some of the finest Indian women musicians.

The line-up includes: Shakthishree Gopalan, Alexis (The Band), Vasuda Sharma, Sulk Station – Tanvi Rao

Primarily trained in the Carnatic style of singing with an eclectic taste in music ranging from jazz, funk, RnB, trip-hop and easy listening to post punk, psychedelic and progressive rock, Shakthi loves to experiment with music. Her inspirations and influences are A R Rahman, M S Subhalakshmi, Nina Simone, Norah Jones, U2, Alexi Murdoch, Coldplay and John Mayer.

Shakthi has been writing songs since 2007 and has recorded some of her original compositions. She’s also been a recording artist as a playback singer for the Indian film industry since July 2008.

Alexis D’Souza spent 10 years of her life as a loud and proud piano geek, only to discover (through karaoke, no less) that she ought to just stick to singing. Suddenly in early 2012 and a small but meaningful repertoire of original music was born. Her biggest achievement, however, has to have been acquiring a group of bad-ass-boys who volunteered to play her girly-pop. A rising music sensation from Bangalore’s rooster.

Vasuda is a singer-songwriter,originally from New Delhi. Her music is a blend of Indian classical and folk music with western contemporary music.

She loves experimenting with different sounds and live looping combining both Indian and western influences. She functions as a one-woman band with a bit of beat-boxing, a few harmonies, and sings her own compositions over it.

She is currently working on her solo fusion album “Attuned Spirits” and her first single ‘Jaagi Jaagi Raina’ is already gaining popularity.

Sulk StationSulk Station is an electronic/trip-hop duo from Bangalore formed by Tanvi Rao and Rahul Giri in 2009. Their music is driven by Tanvi Rao’s sultry vocals wrapped in a haze of atmospherics, minimal beats and homegrown synth sounds. Their songs are a mix of contemporary electronic music genres (trip-hop/post-dubstep/ambient) with traces of Indian classical music.

Their debut album “Till you Appear” (self-released in early 2012) managed to accumulate praise from listeners, bloggers, critics and musicians alike. The album also earned them a slot at the World Event Young Artist festival held in Nottingham, UK.

With vocalist Tanvi Rao recently being nominated in the Best Female Vocalist category for the Jack Daniel’s Annual Rock Awards, Sulk Station are making waves across the country.